Appointed December 2021 · President Joe Biden→ Attorney General Merrick Garland(AG inferred from date)
4 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Kathleen Reilly earned a Bachelor of Science in 1990 from Bucknell University and a Juris Doctor in 1994 from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Before her appointment as an immigration judge at the Hyattsville Immigration Court, she served as an attorney advisor with the Board of Immigration Appeals (2002-2021), as assistant general counsel for the Tricare Management Activity at the Department of Defense (2001-2002), as editor-in-chief at West Group LLC (1998-2001), and as a litigation associate at Spriggs & Hollingsworth (1994-1998). She is a member of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Bars.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
635
Completions per year
2,540 total
0.3%
Detained at decision
share of cases
52.5 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
10.1%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
4.8%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
13%
Appeals remanded or reversed
23 appeals decided
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
44.7%
300 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
14.5%
337 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
0%⚠
1 decision Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
100%⚠
16 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100%⚠
8 decisions Too few cases
44.7%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 300 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
44.7%
This court
42%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 25% of the 825 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 292 decisions since 2021
44.9%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 8 decisions since 2021
37.5%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).